Easy to Vote—Hard to Cheat

The foundation of the American system of self-governance is liberty, and the core expression of the people’s liberty is the ability to vote in free and fair elections. Safeguarding the integrity of our elections is paramount to preserving our republic. Election Integrity will work with relevant stakeholders across the country and within states to help ensure there are strong laws in place at the local level—making it easy to vote, but hard to cheat.

Election Integrity (CEI) has a simple goal: “Easy to Vote, but Hard to Cheat.”

With that pursuit in mind, CEI developed this educational, interactive, color-coded map that compares an individual state's current election integrity laws to other states. There are three main policy areas widely acknowledged to better protect voters: photo ID requirements, strong laws against ballot harvesting, and ballots returned to election officials by Election Day. CEI weighted these three key voter protections more heavily as a guide for the comparative categories of red, yellow, and green. (Click here to learn more about CEI’s specific methodology) This map will serve to better educate Americans on the local voter protection measures needed to restore faith, trust, and confidence in our elections.

The U.S. Constitution gives State Legislatures the right and responsibility to decide how their states will conduct elections. CEI will work to educate legislators, business leaders, grassroots organizations, and other relevant stakeholders as to the importance and impact of strong election integrity measures.

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News Release | September 2, 2026

AFPI Releases Issue Brief on The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact and Its Negative Implications

This week, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released a new issue brief, The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact: No Checks, Just Imbalances, under AFPI’s Election Integrity Initiative.

Issue Brief | September 2, 2026

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact: No Checks, Just Imbalances

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) is a multi-state agreement that would change how electoral votes are distributed in presidential elections (Ballotpedia, n.d.). The purpose is to effectively replace the Electoral College process defined in the U.S. Constitution with the national popular vote. Currently, electoral votes from any given state are determined by the popular vote of that state.

Bill Analysis | September 1, 2026

Bill Analysis: the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

Since 2007, multiple states have passed legislation joining the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC), which would mandate that those member states deliver their electoral votes to whichever candidate won the national popular vote rather than distributing electoral votes according to the Electoral College.

Statement | August 26, 2026

AFPI Responds to Supreme Court Ruling on USPS Mail Ballot Safeguards

he America First Policy Institute (AFPI) applauds the Supreme Court’s ruling allowing the United States Postal Service (USPS) to continue preparing for implementation of a rule requiring ballot barcodes and other mail-ballot safeguards, reversing lower court action that had blocked the measures ahead of the midterms. The ruling comes days after USPS published the new rule partially implementing President Trump’s executive order on mail ballot security. The high court’s ruling is an important step toward ensuring the integrity of mail-in ballots, and AFPI has been engaged throughout this process, filing a public comment on the USPS rule, publishing a statement on that submission, and a commentary making the case for a secure ballot system.

Statement | August 13, 2026

AFPI Responds to Federal Ruling on Election Security

The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) today responded to U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani's nationwide ruling in Boston blocking President Trump’s executive order directing the U.S. Postal Service to verify mail-ballot eligibility, in the latest example of judges substituting their own policy preferences for the ordinary process of agency rulemaking and judicial review.

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